Abstract:

The viscosity of pure and methane-saturated light sweet crude oil, as well as n-decane, artificial seawater and deionized (DI) water are determined at three to five different pressure levels between 1 MPa and 16 MPa and five different temperature levels between 268 K and 323 K, respectively. A newly designed high-pressure apparatus (capillary viscometer) to measure viscosities at these experimental conditions is employed. Louisiana Sweet Crude oil (LSC), pure methane, pure n-decane, artificial seawater and DI water are used for the measurements. Artificial seawater was prepared according to Kester et al. (1967).

Suggested Citation:

Michael Schlüter, Simeon Pesch. 2020. Experimental investigation of the viscosity of pure and gas-saturated crude oil, n-decane, seawater and deionized water from 268 K to 323 K and from 1 MPa to 16 MPa. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/ZPZG9W6Q

Publications:

Pesch, S., Schulz, S., Aboud, N., & Schlüter, M. (2021). Experimental Investigation of Pure and Gas-Saturated Crude Oil Viscosity and Density from 268 to 308 K and Up to 23 MPa. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. doi:10.1021/acs.jced.0c00498

Purpose:

As basic physical properties, the viscosities are required for the modeling of blowout dynamics, droplet size distributions, drop rise behavior, and oil fate.

Data Parameters and Units:

Pressure p / MPa Temperature T / K Dynamic viscosity η / mPa s

Methods:

The measurements have been conducted by the company Eurotechnica GmbH. The high-pressure capillary viscometer was used to measure viscosities at different experimental conditions.

Provenance and Historical References:

Kester, D. R., Duedall, I. W., Connors, D. N., & Pytkowicz, R. M. (1967). Preparation of artificial seawater 1. Limnology and oceanography, 12(1), 176-179. doi:10.4319/lo.1967.12.1.0176

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